DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Twelve

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

189exact KJV occurrences 114Old Testament 75New Testament 27books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 184occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 5:8

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

1 Chronicles

26 occurrences in 26 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where twelve appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 88 verses Exodus 74 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 1712 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Joshua 1212 verses Judges 22 verses 2 Samuel 43 verses 1 Kings 1111 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 2626 verses 2 Chronicles 77 verses Ezra 65 verses Nehemiah 22 verses Esther 11 verses Psalms 11 verses Jeremiah 22 verses Ezekiel 32 verses Daniel 11 verses Matthew 1312 verses Mark 1414 verses Luke 1313 verses John 66 verses Acts 55 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses James 11 verses Revelation 2210 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8147

שְׁנַיִם

shᵉnayim · shen-ah'-yim

93 times translated as this KJV form753 total Strong's occurrences

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

Strong's KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Other KJV renderings

two 525 both 69 twelfth 20 second 10 Two 7 twain 7 them 5 double 5

Strong's first: Genesis 25:16Strong's last: Ezekiel 47:13

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GreekG1427

δώδεκα

dṓdeka · do'-dek-ah

72 times translated as this KJV form72 total Strong's occurrences

two and ten, i.e. a dozen

Strong's KJV usage: :--twelve.

Other KJV renderings

the twelve 3

Strong's first: Matthew 9:20Strong's last: Revelation 22:2

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HebrewH6240

עָשָׂר

ʻâsâr · aw-sawr'

13 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences

ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth

Strong's KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).

Other KJV renderings

fifteen 3 fourteenth 2 eleven 2 seventeen 2 Fifteen 1 seventeenth 1 nineteen 1 eighteen 1

Strong's first: Genesis 5:8Strong's last: 2 Samuel 10:6

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GreekG1177

δεκαδύο

dekadýo · dek-ad-oo'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

two and ten, i.e. twelve

Strong's KJV usage: :--twelve.

Strong's first: Acts 19:7Strong's last: Acts 24:11

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HebrewH7657

שִׁבְעִים

shibʻîym · shib-eem'

2 times translated as this KJV form92 total Strong's occurrences

seventy

Strong's KJV usage: seventy, threescore and ten ( -teen).

Other KJV renderings

seventy 57 ten 22 fifteen 3 fourteen 2 thirteen 2 sixteen 1 seventeen 1 threescore 1

Strong's first: Numbers 31:33Strong's last: Numbers 31:38

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AramaicH8648

תְּרֵין

tᵉrêyn · ter-ane'

2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

two

Strong's KJV usage: second, twelve, two.

Other KJV renderings

second 1 two 1

Strong's first: Ezra 6:17Strong's last: Daniel 4:29

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 Samuel 2:15

H8147

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:15

H8147

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

2 Samuel 10:6

H6240

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

2 Samuel 17:1

H8147

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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twelve

TWELVE, adjective twelv. The sum of two and ten; twice six; a dozen. twelve men compose a petty jury.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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